Walter Arrowsmith
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Trooper

Walter Arrowsmith

New Jersey State Police — West Trenton, NJ
Accident
End of Watch August 5, 1926
Age 23
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 3 mo
Badge 265
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Arrowsmith succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident three days earlier while on accident while on duty in Pilesgrove Township. The accident occurred at the intersection of Harding Highway and Richmond Road when a vehicle entered the highway and caused a collision. He had served with the agency for 16 months.

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BO-US-NJ-93592B94
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Trooper Arrowsmith gave the New Jersey State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Arrowsmith.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location West Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njsp.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 1926
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 3 mo
Age 23
Badge Number 265
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Walter Arrowsmith is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At New Jersey State Police, 53 of 84 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.1% of this agency's fallen.

New Jersey State Police
53
of 84 officers
63.1% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Arrowsmith's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Walter Arrowsmith Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1.3
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Arrowsmith is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897